Soulear

After the reading the reviews I got a bit freaked out this was going to try and steal my data or something, but people are just not paying enough attention when opening the app. Yes it does request to access other devices, a simple no disables that request. The WIFI thing is where people aren’t paying attention. It doesn’t want to connect to your wifi it wants you to connect to the “wifi” created by the device so your phone can be used as a camera while you stick the scooper in your ear. It doesn’t use Bluetooth to connect, but rather creates it own hotspot in a way so you can see inside your ear using your phone. MAN am I glad I did, I had a HUGE dried hard ball of wax fully clogging my left ear that was half the size of my pinky nail. I wonder how long it was in there for… no more q-tips for me

Do not install! My experience aligns with Tylus0’s review. The app will not work unless the app has permission to see other devices on the WiFi network. And don’t think you’ll get around it by using a mobile hotspot. The app wants free reign of your WiFi network and the devices on it. Ask yourself, why isn’t the communication between the associated hardware and the mobile device using a Bluetooth standard? If it is using a Bluetooth standard, why does the app need to see other devices on the WiFi network? Those are rhetorical questions, of course. Tylus0’s conclusion after seeing his connection monitors go “crazy” after enabling WiFi abilities was that this is delivering Chinese malware, and I have come to the same conclusion

The ear video otoscope contains a WiFi transceiver. It broadcasts an SSID of Soulear-xxxx which you join your phone to. You don’t have to go any further than that. The Soulear WiFi mini network now just contains the otoscope and your phone. That’s it; no other devices. This little network can’t even connect to the Internet and you can see that in your phone’s Settings app. It transfers video on this tiny network between the app and the otoscope. You can save pictures locally through the app if you want. There is no nefarious activity to be seen here. Stand down from Red Alert. It is a simple, reasonably conceived app which performs its function well during my use.